Ah the truth comes out. You really didn't want to just "stir the pot", your goal was to crucify Sherman by association. Figured it as such.... CNN may be hiring, perhaps you should give their HR a call....
CNN would never work out because I'll usually admit being wrong. (Although I did sorta double down myself here)
One thing I picked up from Birdie's video about JEB Stuart that I overlooked before. Power = Means X Will. Reduce means or will to zero, and it all ends up the same. Sherman was reducing will. I think he might have ended the war sooner had he gone after means, (The Army of Tennessee), but will was probably much cheaper in blood. 7mm
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